Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
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Free Music Review: One of my favorite cds
Hit: 5 Stars
While it did take me a few listens to get used to, somewhere in time is arguably their best album ever. It's full of quick, heavy riffs, really cool guitar synth, and amazing solos. Here's a quick break down of the CD.Caught somewhere in time - (4.5/5) - The first track, and the title track, is easily one of the best songs on the cd. It's extremely underated. It starts slow with the heavy guitar synth, then suddenly takes off into the main song. The normal guitars work very well with the Synth here.
Wasted Years - (4/5) - Another outstanding track. The chorus is incredible, the verse is simple, yet works wonderfully. Proclaimed as one of maidens best songs, I've got no place arguing with that. A must-hear.
Sea of Madness - (4/5) - No slow intro here. It starts fast and heavy and continues like that the whole song. Another wonderful chorus, and the lyrics are well done too. Don't even think about skipping this.
Heaven can wait - (5/5) - ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME! Starts out slow and picks up speed. This is a very upbeat song, and its absolutely amazing. You can listen to it again and again and never get tired of it. So do that.
The lonlieness of a long distance runner - (4.5/5) - What a title, eh? This song is another good one. It's amazing what Iron Maiden can write songs about. Another underrated classic.
Stranger in a Strange Land - (4.5/5) - Wicked bass work at the beginning, then kicks in to a slow heavy beat. Awesome song, one of my favorites.
Deja-Vu - (4/5) - Yet another underrated song, this song starts off really slow, then hammers into a fast and heavy verse. Another one of my favorites, don't skip it.
Alexander the Great - (4/5) - Probably my least favorite song on the cd, but by no means is it a bad one. The song starts off slowly, and maintains a march-like beat through most of the song (which is quite long). Don't skip />The bottom line: I recomend this to all Iron Maiden fans, new and old. Give it a chance, and you'll become addicted. 5 stars.
Free Music Review: Excellent Piece Of Work
Hit: 5 Stars
First Iron Maiden CD I ever bought. I was told to buy Powerslave and I listened to a demo of Powerslave at the store. I thought it was allright, but then I picked up Somewhere In Time for curiosity, and fell in love with what I heard so I bought it instead. Powerslave is an excellent CD, I eventually bought it and I'm listening to Flash of the Blade as I write this. Title track to this album is actually my favorite. Love the intro and the riff. The solo in this song deserves more credit though. This has complete virtuoso style guitaring in the solo, and should be ranked with NOTB's solo, and solos of other songs, such as Metallica's One & Fade to Black, Pantera's Cemetery Gates, Ozzy's Mr. Crowley just to name a few. Title track goes to show that Dave Murray and Adrian Smith are complete virtuosos. Wasted Years another great track that opens up your eyes to your own life. Sea of Madness has a great riff and a great chorus. Very heavy actually. Heaven Can Wait is soft, but very powerful and memorable and good to listen to. Long Distance Runner is one of my favorites. Again, another virtuoso style masterpiece. Excellent guitaring. Music done 100%. A perfect epic. Stranger In A Strange Land is a very good song drenched with a good chorus and riff. Deja Vu is my second favorite besides title track. The riff, the vocals, the power, the emotion. It sends chills down your spine. The keyboards, however awkward, are put to great use and sound perfect. Deja Vu is a tremendously great song. Alexander the Great is a song that shows Iron Maiden are great story tellers. Its an epic masterpiece and just shows the irony of history. This CD is worth every penny. And if you are automatically turned off by learning that keyboards are used in this CD, give it a chance. 10:1 says youll enjoy it if you are a real Maiden fan. They may use keyboards, but they know how to use them good. Worth every penny. Buy it if you can.Free Music Review: coming down the mountain
Hit: 5 Stars
Well... Iron Maiden hit its peek with POWERSLAVE and so after that there is nowhere to go but down and that is where this album was headed, but that's not to say the band didn't have a few good punches to throw, but after such a powerful record, the fans expected more but many fans feel the delivery failed, but I think it was one of the last great albums of the time, before this band and the genre became washed-up.During the mid-80's a phenomenon was sweeping the music scene globally and locally; synthesizers. It seemed every band had a synth player, even Van Halen and The Ramones were using synths in nearly every song by 1984. So now came Maiden's turn, but what set them apart from the others is that they didn't over do it. The synths are faint at the most and overall complement the music rather than date it.
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME- Normal Maiden opener but this time with synths! Hah? Right! 5/5
WASTED YEARS- This has to be one of the most powerful "get off your ass and do something with your life songs" I've ever heard. Definate influence on 90's Power-metal. 5/5
SEA OF MADNESS- Pretty heavy song, great guitar and vocals. 5/5
HEAVEN CAN WAIT- Ehh... i've heard better from Maiden, not too bad, but I think the lyrics need work. 4/5
THE LONELINESS OF A LONG DISTANCE RUNNER - Great song but the lyrics are bad just plain awful. 4/5
DEJA VU- The album takes a little turn and mellows it out and this is another strong track up there with STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and WASTED YEARS. 5/5
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND - best song on the album! just listen to that solo!! and take in those lyrics baby! 5/5
ALEXANDER THE GREAT - I'm a History major and when I was in high school this is the song that pretty much got through a chapter in History and influenced me to study. I think this song maybe a poor attemt to recreate THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. 5/5
Free Music Review: After Powerslave comes this 8-Track 5 Stars
This is Iron Maiden in their prime.This album takes into a futuristic world in which everything seems creepy.The album opens up with Caught Somewhere In Time a song that takes you into another dimension,this song is just flatout insane Dave Murray And Adrian Smith play some God-like guitar solos.Wasted Years opens up with a very futuristic intro,it is kind of creepy as well(Reminiscent of The Halloween Theme Song),Adrian plays another God-like guitar solo on this song.Sea Of Madness has a good chorus and another good guitar solo by Adrian but this is probably the album's weakest track but still a good song.Heaven Can Wait tackles the subject of life after death,this song has a face-melting guitar solo from Dave Murray,then comes the chant of ohh's and then another face-melting solo but this time it is by Adrian Smith,this song's chorus brings chills down my spine,a great song here.The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner is a very thunderous track with possibly the best riffage off the album,some very good dualling guitars on this track(this track is on my top 10 songs from Iron Maiden list),some insane back-to-back guitar solos from the two gods Adrian and Dave.Stranger In A Strange Land is a very good song with an instrumental section that crosses progressive rock and another face-melting solo from Adrian Smith.Deja-Vu is a very moody track with some more dualling guitar riffs,this song can creep you out if you would just pay attention to it.Alexander The Great is the Harris Epic of the album and a very good one too,this song has some very beautiful melodies that put you in a trance and then some more face-melting guitar solos.This album contains the best guitar solos from Maiden.This is their third best behind only Powerslave(#2),and Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son(#1).Up The Music Review: The End of an EraHit: 5 Stars Iron Maiden's golden age started with "Killers" and pretty much ended with "Somewhere in Time". All of the songs on "Somewhere" are ambitious, adding new elements to Maiden's sound. The guitar synth's found on "Somewhere" are present, but not as overpowering as on the follow-up cd "Seventh Son". Everything Maiden fans enjoy about the band are present on "Somewhere". Steve Harris' bass lines crackle, and Dickinson's urgent vocals really carry the album along. The guitar riffs are catchy, and hook you right away. The thing that always impressed me with Iron Maiden, was that, during the 80's most metal bands like Ratt, Posion, Motley Crue etc, were busy playing and singing about rock n' roll, girls and partying. Maiden often based their music on literature; "Murders in the Rue Morgue", poetry: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", history; "Aces High", "The Trooper" and "Run to the Hills"; religion; "Heaven Can Wait", "Number of the Beast" and mythology "Icarus" and "Poweslave". The great epic metal tunes on Iron Maiden disks defied the conventions of the time, where most bands stuck to radio-friendly, 5 minutes or less rock anthems. Iron Maiden was, and is more than just a standard metal band, and if you are a music fan, you are doing yourself a great dis-service if you don't pick up the disks from the heyday. "Somewhere in Time" features 8 great track, each better than the one before it. Listen to "Alexander the Great" and ask yourself if any other band at the height of their popularity would have been able to put that song on a cd. The guitar riff on "Wasted Years" will be running through your head all day, and you will be humming the chorus of "Heaven Can Wait" for a long time. This is a great album, from a band that always brought a little more to the table than just catchy rock anthems.